Freytag's Triangle

Gustav Freytag a famous German 19^th century novelist. According to him drama is divided into five parts, or acts which some people refer to as a dramatic arc, the five parts are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement. Although Freytag’s analysis to dramatic structure is based on plays and shows, this can also be modified for short stories or trailers as such.

Exposition

The exposition provides the background information needed for people to understand the story, like who the protagonist and antagonists are, the basic storyline and the setting. It ends with an inciting moment, which is the incide

nt without which there would be no story. The inciting moment sets the remainder of the story in motion beginning with the second act, the rising action. Exposition the two are not perfectly synonymous.

Rising action

During rising action, the basic internal conflict is complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts, including various obstacles that frustrate the protagonist's attempt to reach his goal. Secondary conflicts can include adversaries of less

er importance than the story’s antagonist, who may work with the antagonist or separately, by and for themselves or actions unknown.

Climax

The third act is that of the climax, or turning point, which marks a change, for the better or the worse, in the protagonist’s affairs. If the story is a comedy, things will have gone badly for the protagonist up to this point; now, the tide, so to speak, will turn, and things will begin to go well for him or her. If the story is a tragedy, the opposite state of affairs will ensue, with things going from good to bad for the protagonist.

Falling action

During the falling action, or resolution, which is the moment of reversal after the climax, the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels, wi

th the protagonist winning or losing against the antagonist. The falling action might contain a moment of final suspense, during which the final outcome of the conflict is in doubt. Which is also the outcome of what happened in the rising action and the climax. Summery: The falling action is that part of the story was the main part (the climax) has finished and you're heading to the conclusion.

Falling action

The dénouement comprises events between the falling action and the actual end of the drama or narrative and thus serves as the conclusion of the story. Conflicts are resolved, creating normality for the characters and a sense of catharsis, or release of tension and anxiety, for the reader. A comedy ends with a dénouement (a conclusion) in which the protagonist is better off than at the story's outset. A tragedy ends with a catastrophe in which the protagonist is worse off than at the beginning of the narrative.

Camera Angles

At the beginning of the trailer straight away there is a oblique shot of the camera upside down with a pan of the Manhattan skyline. After this shot the first shot proper shot of people in the trailer there is a tracking shot of a soon to be victim for "The Devils." At 1.20 there is a close up of one of the characters looking petrified of what is happening. From 1.35 to 1.37 there are high angle shots from looking at the CCTV of the 5 characters in the lift, this could show that they are all in a trap from something much more powerful than them. Throughout the rest of the trailer there are low angles shot showing them in a fight and over the shoulder shots of firemen and rescuers trying to open the lift with chainsaws and crowbars.

Editing

throughout the trailer of "The Devil" there are a few scenes of editing sequences. At the opening of the trailer there is editing of the camera where they have filmed the opening pan of the city(New York) upside down. This sets an unorthodox feeling to this film. From 0.55 to 1.01 there is an editing sequence of a birds eye view of the camera going down the lift, this is whilst there is text saying "Everything Happens For A Reason." From 1.38 to 2.05 there is text then there is tense music and about 5-7 clips then text again to build up the tension.

Characters

For The Devil the main protagonists of the film trailer are the five in the lift. These are four people who usually work at the building where the lift is at. Also there is a security guard who works at the building. These five are the main characters which the film is based on but there is also the security guards who are watching the protagonists problems on CCTV whom are also a big part to the film as they are trying to help them.

Plot

The Devil is about 5 Philadelphia office workers going into the elevator of an inner city office building. But a typical day at their office takes a sudden detour into terror when the elevator becomes stuck between floors. Soon after they are having problems they realise that one of them in the elevator is a devil. During this occurrence the emergency workers are working frantically to free them.

Location

The location of the devil is filmed in a Philadelphia city building. The majority of the film is filmed in the elevator. If it is not filmed in the elevator it is still filmed in the same building

code of clothes/costume

The Five main protagonists in the film are all wearing clothes on what they wear in the everyday lives. This is a smart casual dressing, of what they wear for work. This is a suit for what the 2 men in the lift and a blouse and shirt for the 2 women in the lift. Also there is the security guard in the lift as well, and he is wearing his uniform. Also the staff outside the elevator they are all wearing a smart casual clothing also.

Camera Angles

At the beginning of the trailer, there is a long establishing shot of a house/farm through a crop field. Then we see a high angle shot of the town where the film is based at which is a small town in America. We then get to see a close up of fans enjoying a local baseball game. From 0.22-0.26 we get a shot reverse shot with an over the shoulder shot of a policeman and a man with a gun. At 30 seconds we get a birds eye view shot of the "crazy" man on the floor dead with the policeman checking if he is dead. We get to see a medium shot of the couple who are the protagonists which are the policeman and the nurse.Throughout the rest of the trailer we get over the shoulder shots of the characters and low angle shots showing the characters struggling with a fight.

Editing

Throughout the trailer there are a few editing sequences. For the first 15 seconds they show one clip per every second, this builds up the tension and in the trailer it shows a nice peaceful little town which will soon turn to hell by it showing a "crazy" character walking onto a baseball pitch with a shotgun. At 38 seconds there is an editing sequence where they show some text from a little pause of the clips being shown. Then a slight drilling sound effect followed by about 5-7 quick edit clips in the space of a second. The same editing sequence occurs when a little interval shown with text happens then a quick edit of 5-7 shots in a second occur. At 1.16 there is an editing sequence of shots of the police officer walking down a deserted street of the town where at the beginning of the trailer there are people happy walking down there. This is shown with a buzzing sound with a quick black out effect. From 1.46 to 2.21 there are clips shown quickly from about 2 every 1.5 seconds shown to build the tension up of the film trailer.

Characters

The characters in "The Crazies" are most of the town village. This is because the storyline is about the whole town getting invaded by a disease which makes them go crazy. Throughout the trailer they are all shown in the village. The main protagonists in the film is the Police officer and the Nurse. These two are a couple and throughout the trailer it shows them two in problems of themselves.

Plot

The Crazies is about a small village in Iowa, the village enjoys a local high school baseball game. Deputy Russell Clank spots a local resident entering the outfield holding a shotgun. The sheriff is forced to shoot and kill the unresponsive resident. The sheriff and his wife, the community doctor, begin to notice other town residents exhibiting strange and bizarre behavior. Then the next night a local farmer burns his house down with his wife and son trapped inside, killing them. Communication services are lost, and soldiers arrive and take all residents for containment at the high school. Everyone entering is examined for symptoms of infection. Judy the sheriffs wife does not pass the examination and is separated from the sheriff David. She explains her fever is due to pregnancy, but is sedated anyway. She wakes strapped to a gurney as the perimeter of the facility is breached by the infected. The military personnel evacuate, leaving Judy and others behind. David is nearing evacuation, but escapes and rejoins Deputy Russell. They rescue Judy and her hospital assistant Becca.

Location/Setting

The Crazies is filmed in a small village in America called Ogden Marsh in Iowa. The whole film is filmed in the same village. Throughout the film there are clips which have been filmed in Hospitals, farms, police stations and many others places throughout the small village.

Costumes/Code of clothing

The two main protagonists the Sheriff David and Judy the Nurse and his wife are both throughout the film and the trailer are wearing there work clothes. David is wearing his sheriff uniform and Judy is wearing her nurse uniform.

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Introduction

This is where i will be producing my a2 media studies coursework. This year we have the choice either to make a film trailer or a music video. I have chosen to do a film trailer as i prefer movies and the creativity surrounding and i would be looking forward to doing it in the future and i would prefer this to music videos. The coursework will be put on here and i will be analysing videos similar to the films and will be doing development to my work to ensure the best grade possible for this.